Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Robin Respaut of Reuters reports, Public pension funds seek infrastructure as market heats up: The California Public Employees’ Retirement System recently bought a stake in a private Indiana toll road with a troubled history, one … Continue reading Growing Appetite For Infrastructure Assets?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Hal Dardick of the Chicago Tribune reports, Mayor floats plan to fix city’s smallest pension fund: Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday floated a new idea to fix the city’s smallest government worker pension system, one … Continue reading Chicago’s Pension Patch Job?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. The Wall Street Journal reports on China’s Pension Gamble: Beijing recently announced that it will allow state pension funds to invest in stocks, with the hope of lifting returns and aiding equity-market liquidity. This might … Continue reading China’s Pension Gamble?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Corina Ruhe of Bloomberg reports, ECB’s Knot Calls for Patience as Low Rates Raise Pension Concern: European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot called for “patience and reality” over ultra-loose monetary policy as concerns … Continue reading Patience and Reality On Pensions?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. The Wall Street Journal reports, Chicago Pension Nightmare: The hits keep coming for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. On Thursday the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the city’s pension reform, which required city workers to chip … Continue reading Pension Pulse: Chicago’s Pension Nightmare?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Katie Allen of the Guardian reports, ECB cuts eurozone interest rate to zero to jump-start economy: The European Central Bank has cut interest rates in the eurozone to zero, expanded its money printing programme and … Continue reading Checkmate For Europe’s Pensions?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. The Montreal Gazette reports, Caisse de dépôt posts 9.1% return in 2015: A weak Canadian dollar ended up being a strong contributor to the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec’s impressive 2015 results. With … Continue reading Caisse Gains 9.1% in 2015
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Susan Smith wrote a special for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s pension safety net is strong but showing strains: Amid all the worry about the boomer bubble, longer lifespans and uncertain economic conditions, it’s comforting … Continue reading Cracks in Canada’s Pension Safety Net?
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with Gordon T. Long of the Financial Repression Authority on how financialization is causing inequality and limiting aggregate demand growth: In this 45 minute video interview … Continue reading A Conversation on Pensions and Inequality
Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Francesco Guerrera of Politico reports, European pension schemes ‘vulnerable to big market downturn’(h/t, Suzanne Bishopric): Many work pension schemes are vulnerable to a major market and economic shock, the first Europe-wide stress tests of the … Continue reading Europe’s Pension Time Bomb?
